The year
1916 in film involved some significant events.
- October 17 - A Daughter of the Gods
A Daughter of the Gods is a silent film notorious for featuring Annette Kellerman in the first ever complete nude scene by a major star which occurred during the waterfall sequence. It was filmed by Fox Pictures in Kingston, Jamaica where huge sets were constructed, and directed by Herbert Brenon...
released - first US production with a million dollar budget also credited with first ever nude scene by a major star.
- November 19 - Samuel Goldfish (later renamed Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn was an American film producer, and founding contributor executive of several motion picture studios.-Biography:...
) and Edgar SelwynEdgar Selwyn was an American film screenwriter, producer, and director. He was also a theatrical producer. He wrote 21 films between 1914 and 1942. He also produced and directed eight films between 1929 and 1942....
establish Goldwyn Company (the company later became one of the most successful independent filmmakers).
- 11 mm, an amateur film gauge, appears on the market.
- A Daughter of the Gods
A Daughter of the Gods is a silent film notorious for featuring Annette Kellerman in the first ever complete nude scene by a major star which occurred during the waterfall sequence. It was filmed by Fox Pictures in Kingston, Jamaica where huge sets were constructed, and directed by Herbert Brenon...
, starring Annette KellermanAnnette Kellerman was an Australian professional swimmer, vaudeville and film star, writer, and advocate for the change of women's swimwear....
- The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring
The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring is a 1916 drama film serial directed by Francis Ford and Jacques Jaccard. It is now considered to be lost. -Cast:* Grace Cunard - Peg* Francis Ford - Dr. Lund, Junior* Mark Fenton - Dr. Lund, Senior...
, directed by Francis FordFrancis Ford may refer to:*Francis Ford , American actor, writer and film director*Francis Ford , English cricketer, who played cricket in the late 19th century...
and Jacques JaccardJacques Jaccard was an American film director, writer and actor whose achievements in cinema were mostly in silent film...
, starring Grace CunardGrace Cunard was an American actress, screenwriter and film director..-Career:Born Harriet Mildred Jeffries in Columbus, Ohio, by her late teens she was already acting on live theatre and in silent films using the stage name, Grace Cunard...
- Alsace
- The Americano
The Americano is a 1916 film directed by John Emerson.-Cast:Douglas Fairbanks as Blaze Derringer
Alma Rubens as Juana de Castalar
Spottiswoode Aitken as Presidente de Castalar
Carl Stockdale as Salsa Espada
...
- The Battle of the Somme
The Battle of the Somme was a documentary and propaganda film made by British official cinematographers Geoffrey Malins and John McDowell during World War I...
- Behind the Screen
Behind the Screen is a 1916 short silent film written by, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin, and also starring Eric Campbell and Edna Purviance. The film takes place in a movie studio; Chaplin plays a stagehand named David while Campbell, a large man, plays Goliath, his supervisor...
, directed by and starring Charlie ChaplinSir Charles Spencer Chaplin, KBE was an English comedic actor and film director. Chaplin became one of the most famous actors as well as a notable filmmaker, composer and musician in the early to mid Classical Hollywood era of American cinema.Chaplin acted in, directed, scripted, produced and...
- La Bohème, by Albert Capellani
Albert Capellani was a French film director and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 163 films between 1904 and 1922.-Selected filmography:* The Hunchback of Notre Dame * De afwezige...
(see disambiguationLa bohème is an opera by Giacomo Puccini.La bohème may also refer to:In literature*Scènes de la vie de bohème, the novelization of Henri Murger's stories, on which the opera was based...
)
- Cenere
Cenere is a 1916 silent film directed by and starring Febo Mari. It is adapted from the 1904 novel by the Nobel Prize-winning Sardinian writer Grazia Deledda. It is notable as the only film performance by of the Italian theater star Eleonora Duse...
- Civilization
Civilization is a 1916 pacifist allegorical film about a submarine commander who refuses to fire at a civilian ocean liner supposedly carrying ammunition for his country's enemies. The film was a big-budget spectacle that was compared to both Birth of a Nation and the paintings of Jean-François...
, directed by Reginald BarkerReginald C. Barker was a pioneer film director.Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada his family moved to Scotland when he was an infant and then to the United States. Living in California, Barker wrote, produced, and acted in his first play at the age of sixteen following which he acted and handled...
and Walter Edwards, starring Howard C. HickmanHoward C. Hickman was an accomplished stage leading man, who entered films through the auspices of producer Thomas H. Ince. He co-starred with his wife, actress Bessie Barriscale, in several productions before returning to the theatre...
and Enid MarkeyEnid Markey was an American actress most famous for originating the role of Jane in films. She played the character twice in 1918, first in Tarzan of The Apes, then in that film's sequel The Romance of Tarzan.Her first film role was in The Fortunes of War in 1911...
- The Curse of Quon Gwon
The Curse of Quon Gwon: When the Far East Mingles with the West is a 1916-1917 black-and-white silent film. It was apparently never released and long thought lost. It was restored in 2006 by the Academy Film Archive from the two reels found by filmmaker Arthur Dong. As of 2007, it is the earliest...
- The Count, directed by and starring, Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, KBE was an English comedic actor and film director. Chaplin became one of the most famous actors as well as a notable filmmaker, composer and musician in the early to mid Classical Hollywood era of American cinema.Chaplin acted in, directed, scripted, produced and...
- Energetic Eva, starring Eva Tanguay
Eva Tanguay was a Canadian-born singer and entertainer who billed herself as "the girl who made vaudeville famous."-Early life:...
- Hell's Hinges
Hell's Hinges is a 1916 western silent film starring William S. Hart and Clara Williams. Directed by Charles Swickard, William S. Hart and Clifford Smith, and produced by Thomas H. Ince, the screenplay was written by C. Gardner Sullivan.-Plot:...
, directed by Charles Swickard and William S. HartWilliam Surrey Hart was an American silent film actor, screenwriter, director and producer.-Biography:...
, starring William S.
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The year
1916 in film involved some significant events.
Events
- October 17 - A Daughter of the Gods
A Daughter of the Gods is a silent film notorious for featuring Annette Kellerman in the first ever complete nude scene by a major star which occurred during the waterfall sequence. It was filmed by Fox Pictures in Kingston, Jamaica where huge sets were constructed, and directed by Herbert Brenon...
released - first US production with a million dollar budget also credited with first ever nude scene by a major star.
- November 19 - Samuel Goldfish (later renamed Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn was an American film producer, and founding contributor executive of several motion picture studios.-Biography:...
) and Edgar SelwynEdgar Selwyn was an American film screenwriter, producer, and director. He was also a theatrical producer. He wrote 21 films between 1914 and 1942. He also produced and directed eight films between 1929 and 1942....
establish Goldwyn Company (the company later became one of the most successful independent filmmakers).
- 11 mm, an amateur film gauge, appears on the market.
Top grossing films (U.S.)
| Rank |
Title |
Gross |
| 1. |
IntoleranceIntolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages, a silent film directed by D. W. Griffith in 1916, is considered one of the great masterpieces of the Silent Era. It has also been called "the only film fugue"...
, directed by D.W. Griffith, starring Lillian GishLillian Diana Gish was an American stage, screen and television actress whose film acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912 to 1987. She was a prominent film star of the 1910s and 1920s, particularly associated with the films of director D.W. Griffith, including her leading role in Griffith's...
, Constance TalmadgeConstance Talmadge was a silent movie star born in Brooklyn, New York, USA, and was the sister of fellow actresse Norma Talmadge and Natalie Talmadge.- Early life :...
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| 2. |
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a silent film made in 1916, based on the novel by Jules Verne of the same title.This version is notable for its groundbreaking work in actual underwater photography by George M. Williamson and J. Ernest Williamson...
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| 3. |
The Innocent Lie |
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| 4. |
Hulda From Holland |
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Films released in 1916
- A Daughter of the Gods
A Daughter of the Gods is a silent film notorious for featuring Annette Kellerman in the first ever complete nude scene by a major star which occurred during the waterfall sequence. It was filmed by Fox Pictures in Kingston, Jamaica where huge sets were constructed, and directed by Herbert Brenon...
, starring Annette KellermanAnnette Kellerman was an Australian professional swimmer, vaudeville and film star, writer, and advocate for the change of women's swimwear....
- The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring
The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring is a 1916 drama film serial directed by Francis Ford and Jacques Jaccard. It is now considered to be lost. -Cast:* Grace Cunard - Peg* Francis Ford - Dr. Lund, Junior* Mark Fenton - Dr. Lund, Senior...
, directed by Francis FordFrancis Ford may refer to:*Francis Ford , American actor, writer and film director*Francis Ford , English cricketer, who played cricket in the late 19th century...
and Jacques JaccardJacques Jaccard was an American film director, writer and actor whose achievements in cinema were mostly in silent film...
, starring Grace CunardGrace Cunard was an American actress, screenwriter and film director..-Career:Born Harriet Mildred Jeffries in Columbus, Ohio, by her late teens she was already acting on live theatre and in silent films using the stage name, Grace Cunard...
- Alsace
- The Americano
The Americano is a 1916 film directed by John Emerson.-Cast:Douglas Fairbanks as Blaze Derringer
Alma Rubens as Juana de Castalar
Spottiswoode Aitken as Presidente de Castalar
Carl Stockdale as Salsa Espada
...
- The Battle of the Somme
The Battle of the Somme was a documentary and propaganda film made by British official cinematographers Geoffrey Malins and John McDowell during World War I...
- Behind the Screen
Behind the Screen is a 1916 short silent film written by, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin, and also starring Eric Campbell and Edna Purviance. The film takes place in a movie studio; Chaplin plays a stagehand named David while Campbell, a large man, plays Goliath, his supervisor...
, directed by and starring Charlie ChaplinSir Charles Spencer Chaplin, KBE was an English comedic actor and film director. Chaplin became one of the most famous actors as well as a notable filmmaker, composer and musician in the early to mid Classical Hollywood era of American cinema.Chaplin acted in, directed, scripted, produced and...
- La Bohème, by Albert Capellani
Albert Capellani was a French film director and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 163 films between 1904 and 1922.-Selected filmography:* The Hunchback of Notre Dame * De afwezige...
(see disambiguationLa bohème is an opera by Giacomo Puccini.La bohème may also refer to:In literature*Scènes de la vie de bohème, the novelization of Henri Murger's stories, on which the opera was based...
)
- Cenere
Cenere is a 1916 silent film directed by and starring Febo Mari. It is adapted from the 1904 novel by the Nobel Prize-winning Sardinian writer Grazia Deledda. It is notable as the only film performance by of the Italian theater star Eleonora Duse...
- Civilization
Civilization is a 1916 pacifist allegorical film about a submarine commander who refuses to fire at a civilian ocean liner supposedly carrying ammunition for his country's enemies. The film was a big-budget spectacle that was compared to both Birth of a Nation and the paintings of Jean-François...
, directed by Reginald BarkerReginald C. Barker was a pioneer film director.Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada his family moved to Scotland when he was an infant and then to the United States. Living in California, Barker wrote, produced, and acted in his first play at the age of sixteen following which he acted and handled...
and Walter Edwards, starring Howard C. HickmanHoward C. Hickman was an accomplished stage leading man, who entered films through the auspices of producer Thomas H. Ince. He co-starred with his wife, actress Bessie Barriscale, in several productions before returning to the theatre...
and Enid MarkeyEnid Markey was an American actress most famous for originating the role of Jane in films. She played the character twice in 1918, first in Tarzan of The Apes, then in that film's sequel The Romance of Tarzan.Her first film role was in The Fortunes of War in 1911...
- The Curse of Quon Gwon
The Curse of Quon Gwon: When the Far East Mingles with the West is a 1916-1917 black-and-white silent film. It was apparently never released and long thought lost. It was restored in 2006 by the Academy Film Archive from the two reels found by filmmaker Arthur Dong. As of 2007, it is the earliest...
- The Count, directed by and starring, Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, KBE was an English comedic actor and film director. Chaplin became one of the most famous actors as well as a notable filmmaker, composer and musician in the early to mid Classical Hollywood era of American cinema.Chaplin acted in, directed, scripted, produced and...
- Energetic Eva, starring Eva Tanguay
Eva Tanguay was a Canadian-born singer and entertainer who billed herself as "the girl who made vaudeville famous."-Early life:...
- Hell's Hinges
Hell's Hinges is a 1916 western silent film starring William S. Hart and Clara Williams. Directed by Charles Swickard, William S. Hart and Clifford Smith, and produced by Thomas H. Ince, the screenplay was written by C. Gardner Sullivan.-Plot:...
, directed by Charles Swickard and William S. HartWilliam Surrey Hart was an American silent film actor, screenwriter, director and producer.-Biography:...
, starring William S. Hart
- Hoodoo Ann
Hoodoo Ann is a 1916 Lloyd Ingraham-directed American comedy-drama silent film, written by D.W. Griffith and released by Triangle Film Corporation.-Plot summary:Ann is a young girl who has been living in an orphange since infancy...
, starring Mae MarshMae Marsh was an American film actress with a career spanning over 50 years.-Early life:...
and Robert HarronRobert "Bobby" Harron was an American motion picture actor of the early silent film era. Although he acted in scores of films, he is possibly best remembered for his roles in the D.W. Griffith directed films Intolerance and The Birth of a Nation...
- Hulda From Holland, starring Mary Pickford
- The Innocent Lie, starring Mary Pickford
- Intolerance
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages, a silent film directed by D. W. Griffith in 1916, is considered one of the great masterpieces of the Silent Era. It has also been called "the only film fugue"...
, directed by D.W. Griffith, starring Lillian GishLillian Diana Gish was an American stage, screen and television actress whose film acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912 to 1987. She was a prominent film star of the 1910s and 1920s, particularly associated with the films of director D.W. Griffith, including her leading role in Griffith's...
, Constance TalmadgeConstance Talmadge was a silent movie star born in Brooklyn, New York, USA, and was the sister of fellow actresse Norma Talmadge and Natalie Talmadge.- Early life :...
- Judex, directed by Louis Feuillade
Louis Feuillade was a prolific and prominent French film director from the silent era. Between 1906 and 1924 he directed over 630 films....
, starring MusidoraMusidora was the stage name of Jeanne Roques, a popular French silent film actress. She became famous for her vamp roles in such film serials as Les Vampires and Judex, in which she developed a persona comparable to that of Theda Bara...
- A Life for a Life
- Lights of New York
Lights of New York is a silent drama film directed by Van Dyke Brooke.-Plot:Hoping to improve his financial lot, petty thief Hawk Chovinski hires a dancing instructor to teach him how to bear himself like a gentleman. His lessons completed, Hawk then poses as a European nobleman, intending to trap...
, directed by Van Dyke BrookeVan Dyke Brooke was an early American film director, whose works include The Reprieve: An Episode in the Life of Abraham Lincoln and Lights of New York ....
, starring Leah BairdLeah Baird was an American actress of the silent screen, and a screenwriter.-Life:She began her career in 1913 playing several leads in the William F. Brady troupe, opposite Douglas Fairbanks Sr. In the late 1910s she played in 15 episodes of the serial Wolves of Kultur...
and Walter McGrailWalter McGrail , was an American film actor. He appeared in over 150 films between 1916 and 1951.He was born in Brooklyn, New York and died in San Francisco, California, at the age of 81.-Selected filmography:...
- Oliver Twist, starring Marie Doro
Marie Doro was an American stage and film actress of the early silent film era.-Personal life:Marie Doro was born as Marie Katherine Steward in Duncannon, Pennsylvania and began her career as a theater actress before progressing to motion pictures in 1915, under contract with film producer Adolph...
- One A.M.
One A.M. was a unique Charlie Chaplin silent film created for Mutual Films in 1916. It was the first film he starred in alone, except for a brief scene of Albert Austin playing a cab driver.-Synopsis:...
, directed by and starring Charlie ChaplinSir Charles Spencer Chaplin, KBE was an English comedic actor and film director. Chaplin became one of the most famous actors as well as a notable filmmaker, composer and musician in the early to mid Classical Hollywood era of American cinema.Chaplin acted in, directed, scripted, produced and...
- The Phantom of the Opera
- Seventeen
- Ultus and the Grey Lady by George Pearson
- Where Are My Children?
Where Are My Children? is a 1916 film in which a district attorney, while prosecuting a doctor for illegal abortions, finds out that society people, including his wife, used the doctor's services. It stars Tyrone Power, Sr., Juan de la Cruz, Helen Riaume, William Haben and C...
, directed by Phillips SmalleyWendell Phillips Smalley was a prolific American silent film director and actor.Born in Brooklyn, New York, Smalley began his career in vaudeville and acted in more than 200 films between 1910 until his death in 1939...
and Lois WeberLois Weber was an American silent film actress, producer and director, and was the first woman to direct a full-length feature film when she directed The Merchant of Venice in 1914....
, starring Tyrone Power, Sr.Frederick Tyrone Edmond Power was an English-born American stage and screen actor, who acted under the name Tyrone Power.-Early life:Born in London in 1869, the son of Harold Littledale Power and Ethel Lavenu...
and Juan de la CruzJuan de la Cruz is symbolically used in the Philippines to represent the "Filipino". The name is roughly the equivalent of the American Uncle Sam and John Doe. Juan de la Cruz is usually depicted wearing the native Salakot hat, Barong Tagalog, long pants, and slippers...
Short film series
- Broncho Billy Anderson
Gilbert M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson was an American actor, writer, Film director, and Film producer, who is best known as the first star of the Western film genre.-Early life:...
(1910–1916)
- Harold Lloyd
Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....
(1913–1921)
- Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, KBE was an English comedic actor and film director. Chaplin became one of the most famous actors as well as a notable filmmaker, composer and musician in the early to mid Classical Hollywood era of American cinema.Chaplin acted in, directed, scripted, produced and...
(1914–1923)
Births
- January 3 - Betty Furness
Elizabeth Mary Furness was an American actress, consumer advocate and current affairs commentator.-Early years:...
, actress, consumer activist (d. 1994)
- January 3 - Maxene Andrews, singer, actress, member of Andrews Sisters (d. 1995)
- January 4 - Lionel Newman
Lionel Newman was an American conductor, pianist, and film and television composer. He was the brother of Alfred Newman and Emil Newman, uncle of Randy Newman, David Newman and Thomas Newman, and grandfather of Joey Newman.-Early life:Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Newman was one of ten children,...
, composer (d. 1989)
- February 14 - Masaki Kobayashi
was a Japanese director.Among his films is Kwaidan , a collection of four ghost stories drawn from the book by Lafcadio Hearn, each of which has a surprise ending....
, director (d. 1996)
- February 26 - Jackie Gleason
Herbert Walton Gleason, Jr. , baptized as John Herbert "Jackie" Gleason, was an American comedian, actor and musician....
, actor (d. 1987)
- February 29 - Dinah Shore
Dinah Shore was an American singer, actress, and television personality. She was most popular during the Big Band era of the 1940s and 1950s....
, singer, actress, television presenter (d. 1994)
- March 17 - Mercedes McCambridge
Carlotta Mercedes McCambridge , nicknamed Mercy, was an American film actress, also known for her acting in radio dramas. Orson Welles called her "the world's greatest living radio actress."-Early life:...
, actress (d. 2004)
- March 26 - Sterling Hayden
Sterling Hayden was an American actor and author. For most of his career as a leading man, he specialized in westerns and film noir, such as Johnny Guitar, The Asphalt Jungle and The Killing. Later on he became noted as a character actor for such roles as Gen. Jack D. Ripper in Dr...
, actor (d. 1986)
- April 5 - Gregory Peck
Gregory Peck was an American actor.One of 20th Century Fox's most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1960s, Peck continued to play important roles well into the 1990s...
, actor (d 2003)
- May 1 -Glenn Ford
Gwyllyn Samuel Newton "Glenn" Ford was a Canadian-born American actor from Hollywood's Golden Era with a career that spanned seven decades. Despite his versatility, Ford was best known for playing ordinary men in unusual circumstances.-Early life and career:Born Gwyllyn Ford at Jeffrey Hale...
, actor (d. 2006)
- May 16 - Adriana Caselotti
Adriana Caselotti was an American actress and singer. She is the voice of Snow White in Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.-Early life:...
, singer, voice actress (d. 1997)
- June 12 - Irwin Allen
Irwin Allen was a television and film producer nicknamed "The Master of Disaster" for his work in the disaster film genre. He was also notable for creating a number of television series.- Biography :...
, director, producer (d. 1991)
- June 14 - Dorothy McGuire
-Career:Born in Omaha, Nebraska, she began her acting career on the stage at the Omaha Community Playhouse. Eventually, she succeeded on Broadway, first appearing as an understudy to Martha Scott in Our Town, and subsequently starring in the domestic comedy, Claudia.Brought to Hollywood by producer...
, actress (d. 2001)
- June 23 - Irene Worth
Irene Worth, Honorary CBE was an American stage and screen actress who became one of the leading stars of the English and American theatre...
, actress (d. 2002)
- July 27 - Keenan Wynn
Keenan Wynn was an American character actor and member of a well-known show-business family. His bristling mustache and expressive face were his stock in trade as an actor.-Early life and career:...
, actor (d. 1986)
- July 1 - Olivia de Havilland
Olivia Mary de Havilland is an actress. She is the elder sister of actress Joan Fontaine. De Havilland is one of the last surviving female stars from 1930s Hollywood. She is also the last living lead from Gone with the Wind....
, actress
- August 25 - Van Johnson
Van Johnson was an American film and television actor and dancer who was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios during and after World War II....
, actor (d. 2008)
- August 27 - Martha Raye
Martha Raye was an American comic actress and standards singer who performed in movies, and later on television.-Early life:...
, actress (d. 1994)
- September 13 - Dick Haymes
Dick Haymes was an Argentine actor and one of the most popular male vocalists of the 1940s and early 1950s. He was the older brother of Bob Haymes, an actor, television host and songwriter.-Biography:...
, actor (d. 1980)
- September 14 - Douglas Kennedy
Douglas Richards Kennedy was an American supporting actor who appeared in over 190 films between 1935 and 1973. He was born in New York City.-Career:...
, actor (d. 1973)
- September 15 - Margaret Lockwood
Margaret Lockwood, CBE was a British actress, notable for her performance in the 1945 Gainsborough movie The Wicked Lady.-Early life:...
, actress (d. 1990)
- September 18 - Rossano Brazzi
Rossano Brazzi was an Italian actor.Brazzi was born in Bologna and attended San Marco University, in Florence, Italy, a city in which he lived since age 4...
, actor (d. 1994)
- November 20 - Evelyn Keyes
Evelyn Louise Keyes was an American film actress. She is best-known for her role as Suellen O'Hara in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind.-Early life:...
, actress (d. 2008)
- December 9 - Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas is an American actor and film producer recognized for his prominent cleft chin, his gravelly voice and his recurring roles as the kinds of characters Douglas himself once described as "sons of bitches". He is the father of Hollywood actor and producer Michael Douglas...
, actor
- December 18 - Betty Grable
Betty Grable was an American dancer, singer, and actress.Her iconic bathing suit photo made her the number-one pin-up girl of the World War II era. It was later included in the Life magazine project "100 Photos that Changed the World"...
, actress (d. 1973)
- December 28 - Peter Finch
Peter Finch was a British - born Australian actor. He is best remembered for his role as 'crazed' television anchorman Howard Beale in the film, Network, which earned him a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor, his fifth Best Actor award from the BAFTA, and a Best Actor award from the Golden...
, actor (d. 1977)
Deaths
- January 17 - Arthur V. Johnson
Arthur V. Johnson was a pioneer actor and director of American silent films.Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Arthur Victoria Johnson began as a film actor with the Edison Studios in The Bronx, New York in 1905 in the one-reel drama "The White Caps" directed by Wallace McCutcheon, Sr. and Edwin S. Porter...
, screen actor
- September 17 - Arthur Hoops, stage & screen actor
- October 6 - Henry Woodruff, stage & screen actor